March 29, 2011 Dakar, March 25, 2011 - SenRER, the first NOC of WACREN At the joint workshop WACREN-RENATER-AAU cooperation, National Network for Education and Research of Senegal (SnRER) was designated as the first Network Operations Center (NOC) of WACREN. For this, a letter of intent has been exchanged between the Chairman of the... Read More
March 29, 2011 Dakar, March 23, 2011: Establishment of the Board of Directors of WACREN Following the meeting of representatives of 11 countries in West Africa and Central Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo) in initiative of Research and Education Networking Unit (RENU) of the Association of... Read More
August 11, 2010 WACREN gets registered The West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN) is now incorporated in Ghana as a “Private Company Limited by Guarantee”, with no shares. As such, WACREN can be considered as a not for profit association.As stated in the... Read More
August 5, 2010 WACREN prepares for participation in first phase of AfricaConnect The Association of African Universities (AAU) on behalf of WACREN has transferred funds to UbuntunetAlliance as fulfillment of requirements for participation in the first phase of the AfricaConnect Initiative. The African Union - European Union initiative aims to improve research collaborations and access... Read More
May 11, 2010 University of Ghana Legon and partners in the organisation of OAC 2009 contribute to WACREN The Organizing Committee of the Open Access Conference 2009 has recommended that funds left over from financial support provided by the Partnership for Higher Education in Africa (PHEA) and Carnegie Corporation of New York should be transferred to the AAU towards the ongoing... Read More